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MASS FISCAL’s day in court — HEFFERNAN’s hire questioned — Election day in ATTLEBORO and LYNN 03/06/2018 06:55 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. MASS FISCAL GETS ITS DAY IN COURT -  The right-leaning fiscal watchdog  Mass Fiscal Alliance  gets its first hearing in front of the state's highest court today over the so-called union loophole that allows unions to donate upwards of $15,000 to a single candidate while individuals can only donate $1,000. Mass Fiscal has been fighting this measure in the state's campaign finance law for years on multiple  fronts   -  but this is the first time a case related to it will be heard in front of the Supreme Judicial Court. The group has specifically cited the infusion of cash seen in the 2013 Boston mayoral race when unions bundled hundreds of thousands of dollars to...

02/21/2018 07:25 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) AMHERST'S DEMOCRATIC DEPARTURE -  The State House delegation from the Pioneer Valley in western Massachusetts is going through yet another shift - Rep.  Solomon Goldstein-Rose , an Amherst Democrat, announced yesterday he is ditching his Democratic Party affiliation. Goldstein-Rose said in his announcement the move is not a rebuke of the state Democratic Party, but instead, a chance "to be truer in letter to the nonpartisan spirit he has sought to embody through his legislative work." The took most by surprise, including Rep.  Ellen Story  who preceded Goldstein-Rose and represented the Amherst-based district for 24 years. As Story put it to  NEPR  yesterday, "I just don't completely understand his reasoning for this. Yes, it is difficult." The now-unenrolled state rep. has also just o...

THE ARTICLE BELOW IS FROM 2014 WHEN MASSACHUSETTS FISCAL ALLIANCE WAS MISREPRESENTING AN ISSUE RATHER THAN INFORMING VOTERS. SOME MIGHT CALL IT A LIE.  DO THEY DESERVE TAX-EXEMPT 501c(4) STATUS AND THE RIGHT TO CONCEAL THEIR DONORS?  What Is Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance’s Problem? The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance has been taking heat over its 'voter education' materials, and deservedly so. by  DAVID S. BERNSTEIN   ·  9/23/2014 In mailings, newspaper ads, and other materials, the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance has been claiming, with the weakest of justifications, that certain targeted state legislators voted to prioritize illegal immigrants over veterans for public housing. That’s a crock. They did no such thing. I feel pretty confident saying that, because I asked the guy who sponsored the amendment at issue, state representative Geoff Diehl. “Have the people who voted against it prioritized immigrants over veterans for housin...

Subscribe   Archives   Twitter   Facebook   Instagram This email may be cut off by your email provider. To see today's full MASSterList, click "View entire message" at the bottom, or view the online version  here. By Jay Fitzgerald and Keith Regan 12/28/2017 Booze taxes | Sen. Crighton? | ‘Project Rufus’ Happening Today Student-driver decals, First Night security -- Members of the  House Ways and Means Committee  have until 10 a.m. to vote on a bill that would require  student drivers and junior operators  to display decals on their vehicles. A similar bill passed the House last session. -- Mayor  Marty Walsh  and Boston Police Commissioner  William Evans  hold a press conference to discuss public safety precautions ahead of New Year's Eve and  First Night Boston  celebrations, Eagle Room, Boston City Hall, 1:30 p.m. Today's News MEMA issues warning on potentially life-...